First things first: Iggy Azalea has officially scored the song of the summer.

Love it or hate it, escaping the earworm beat and singsong chorus of the 24-year-old’s
liquor-chugging, hater-dissing anthem
Fancy — with its declarations of braggadocio and bling — is futile.

But, uh, you already know.

Set to perform Aug. 6 (the original concert date of tonight was changed) in the Lifestyle
Communities Pavilion, the husky-voiced Australian rapper - who was unavailable for an interview -
has had tunes straddling the pop and hip-hop worlds in recent weeks. She simultaneously had her
first two singles hit No. 1 and No. 2, a feat matched only by the Beatles.

She has also faced criticism. New York rapper Azealia Banks accused the performer, who is white,
of being racist — with bloggers also hounding her for exploiting black culture. Nicki Minaj coyly
suggested in June at the BET Awards that Azalea doesn’t write her own lyrics.

Music critics, meanwhile, have said the artist’s hip-hop music is heavy on swagger but light on
substance.

No matter. The woman born Amethyst Kelly, who titled her debut album
The New Classic — full of kiss-my-grits retorts such as
Don’t Need Y’all — deflects the bile.

“We get so caught up, especially in rap, with what’s authentic, and I wish people would think
more about what the (expletive) that even means,” Azalea told
Billboard magazine.

“One critic was like ‘Why didn’t you talk about more Australian things?’ I don’t understand why
I’m supposed to write a song about living in the outback and riding a kangaroo to be
authentic."

She did, after all, flee New South Wales at age 16 to move unaccompanied to Miami, where the
teen (whose nom de plume combines her dog’s name and the street where she grew up) worked odd jobs
while pursuing a rap career — a real-life struggle detailed in the electro-tinged track
Work.

She later bounced among Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles recording mix-tape songs, building a
YouTube audience and working with Southern rapper T.I., who performs on several cuts.

In song, Azalea’s accent doesn’t come through. Instead, her voice is more of an American drawl
suited to match the stateside musical style.

“I love the fact that I don’t rap the way I talk; I think it’s completely hilarious and ironic
and cool,” Azalea told
The Guardian of London.

More ironic: The music video to
Fancy offers a spot-on homage to the 1995 movie
Clueless, with Azalea — who seems to have no qualms mimicking a West Coast valley girl —
in Alicia Silverstone’s role.

Outlandish, too, is the 2012 video to
MurdaBizness, which features the rapper as a pageant mom feeding Pixy Stix and Mountain Dew to
a dolled-up child.

Beyond music, Azalea has modeled professionally.

And although her rising star has led to high-profile musical commitments — including a tour
stint opening for Beyonce, during which she watched the headliner balance music and a family —
Azalea seemingly plans to limit how long she’ll spend in the fast lane.

“I don’t want to be a recording artist in 10 years . . . wriggling around in a leotard,” Azalea
told the
Sydney Morning Herald. “My skill set will be a bit weird on a resume.”